Talented, focused and lonely - this was remembered by colleagues Tatyana Lavrova - actress of Soviet and Russian cinema and theater. It was a man with a capital letter. A real Russian talent is fragile in appearance, but with a very solid core of a real actor inside.
Biographical data
Lavrova Tatyana Evgenievna was born in Moscow on June 7, 1938 in a family of cameramen, therefore it is not surprising that the actress had the ability to live on stage. From childhood, the girl knew who she would become, strove to embody herself in the role of a talented inimitable actress, and she successfully managed this in adulthood.
At seventeen, Tatyana realized that she was ready for an independent life, left home, entered a studio at the Moscow Art Theater and successfully completed it in 1959. While studying at the Moscow Art Theater, Lavrova Tatyana Evgenievna attracted many talented directors with her extraordinary talent, and since Russian cinema required only Russian surnames, the student girl had to change her name to Lavrova because of not attracting attention to her real foreign surname. The pseudonym that was successfully chosen for her by her friends by the students during the comic draw will lead her through her whole life, all the actors will be equal to Lavrov.
After graduation, Tatyana remains to work at the Moscow Art Theater until 1961. After which he makes a decision to change the theater to Sovremennik, and will work there from 1961 to 1978, but in the end he will nevertheless return to the walls of his native Moscow Art Theater.
Many condemned her for moving from one theater to another, but she was looking for new talent in herself, played new roles, and acted in films. Tatyana Lavrova is an actress who needed sincerity, both from the viewer and from those people in whose environment she worked.
The ultimate gift of stage play
Only a deep sensual nature can live on stage the lives of the heroes of plays, poems, novels, stories, as his own. Only real talent can live harmoniously in the role of so many images, conveying the true essence of emotional experiences. Not every actress could cope with the influx of extraordinary feelings, which Tatyana really did. She did not have the right to deceive the viewer; she conveyed to his consciousness precisely the state of mind of the one she played on stage. In another way, she simply did not know how. Even when in the nineties real talents were no longer needed by modern society, striving for a simpler and more superficial understanding of the art of real cinema and theater.
The actress's works in cinema and theater
Tatyana Lavrova is an actress who burned with work, she managed to act in films and take part in theatrical productions. The first film work by Lavrova was the role of the girl Varya in the film "Song of Koltsov." Although the film debut took place in a secondary role, but he showed how sincere Tatyana Lavrova. The actress presented Varia exactly as intended by the author and director.
And the real peak of a career came after the release of the movie "Nine Days of One Year".
Along with such famous and talented actors as Smoktunovsky and Batalov, the young actress was more than impressive, she worked along with experienced professional film artists.
The role of a woman who simultaneously loves two men, atypical for the Soviet era, was easy for her and, most importantly, the viewer believed in the history of the
love triangle and worried about each hero individually.
Throughout her
career, Lavrova played twenty-eight film roles, the most outstanding works: “Probationary Period” (1960), “Departure is Delayed” (1974), “I Change My Dog for a Steam Locomotive” (1975), “Second Spring” (1979), “ The long road to oneself ”(1983),“ The Cherry Orchard ”(1993),“ Transformation ”(2002).
She worked in such theatrical productions as “At the Bottom”, “The Seagull”, “Do not part with your loved ones”, “Silver Wedding”, “Behind the Mirror”.
Honored Awards and Actresses
In 1974, the actress was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, in 1988 - People's Artist of the RSFSR, in 1998 she was awarded the Order of Honor for achievements in cinema. In 2002, Tatyana Lavrova received the Nika Award for Best Supporting Role for her role in the movie Cinema about a Movie.
Details of personal life
Biography of Lavrova Tatyana is full of working moments. About personal life, she did not extend. Strong focus and theatrical spiritual spark - this was her destiny. It did not work for her to create a full-fledged friendly family.
The famous Tatyana Lavrova, whose personal life interested fans, was available only in the images of her heroines.
Three marriages of the actress failed. The first husband is Evgeny Urbansky, the second is Oleg Dal. Many said that two talented actors in the family are too much, so the first two marriages did not happen as happy ones. But the third marriage of Tatiana with the famous football player Vladimir Mikhailov did not end in a happy ending.
The actress in her third marriage will give birth to a son (1967), she will raise him herself, forbidding her father to categorically interfere in the life of a boy whose mother helped her raise her.
I didn’t finish it, I didn’t cut it ...
That is how her colleagues will respond about Tatyana Lavrova after her death on May 16, 2007. True to the stage, hot and sincere, but lonely in the home walls, like a “stretched bowstring”.
She lived a life holding her talent on a high level, which she never wanted to lower below the dignity of a real professional actor.
The cause of death of Tatyana Lavrova is an oncological disease, which was too late to fight. The last years of her life, the actress devoted to the education of her beloved granddaughter.